NGC4833, NGC4372, NGC3918, NGC5281 on 10 Jul 1991 (Observation 188)
Date:
10 Jul 1991 (NZST)
Time:
20:15 (NZST)
Title:
NGC4833, NGC4372, NGC3918, NGC5281
34cm Newt
NGC4833 (gc) Mus, just vis in 50mm finder (7.4m) resolved in 34cm irregular shape.
NGC4372 (gc) Mus, quite faint & scattered. dimmer stars not resolved (7.4m).
NGC3918 (pn) Cen, easy to locate bright/small in 34cm.
Intense blue/greenish centre, possible white centre star.
NGC5281 (oc) Cen, easy location near bCen. sparse & scattered.
Saturn small clear image, up to 7 moons seen.
Photos on Kodak 1000, f/4 35mm:
8 30 seconds.
9 30 seconds.
12 3 mins.
13 2 mins.
All of Scorpius region.
Meteor from Sco to SW on image 12?
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